The Basilica di San Silvestro in Capite can be found on Piazza di San Silvestro, # 17A.  What we see today dates from 1591.  Even though the Basilica is dedicated to Pope San Silvestro, the name “in Capite” is due to the fact that the relic of the head of St. John the Baptist was…

One usually sees photos of the front of the Pantheon in Rome.  Be sure to walk around the building!  I find the sides and the back to be impressive, and I also find that, walking around it, takes me back in time, just as much as looking at the front of the building does. Via…

Via dei Pettinari takes its name from the fact that at one point in history, the street was lined with the shops of the “pettinari”, or those who sold ivory and ebony combs for use in hair, or to comb silk. The Basilica di Sant’Eustachio is on Piazza di Sant’Eustachio.  According to legend, the church…

Pictured above, the Fontana dei Cavalli Marini, or the Fountain of the Seahorses, dates from 1790, and was designed by Cristoforo Unterberger.  The basin was created by Giovanni Antonio Berte.  The statues of the horses were the work of Unterberger, with the help of Luigi Salimei and Antonio Isopi.  Below, you will see the Fontana…

It seemed as if everywhere you went on the Pincian Hill, you encountered art of some sort.  Being in the park is like visiting an outdoor museum, and we loved it!  We came upon a bust of Nicolo Tartaglia, the Italian mathematician and engineer.  Tartaglia was the first to study the science of ballistics. The…